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Neuroscience in Intercultural Contexts

Part of the book series: International and Cultural Psychology ((ICUP))

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Abstract

Warnick and Landis provide an overview of the major models of intercultural relations to serve as a foundation for the subsequent chapters in this text. The reader will gain a greater understanding of how the emerging field of cultural neuroscience can be applied to intercultural relations. Additionally, this chapter offers a brief guide to the book.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    A good summary of the history of cross-cultural psychology is provided by Otto Klineberg (Klineberg, 1980).

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    Vignette provided by Michael Tucker of Tucker International

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    Vignette provided by Greg Trifonovitch

  4. 4.

    This structure is referred to in several of the chapters in this book.

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Warnick, J.E., Landis, D. (2015). Introduction and Rationale for This Book. In: Warnick, J., Landis, D. (eds) Neuroscience in Intercultural Contexts. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2260-4_1

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